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orbital
[ awr-bi-tl ]
noun
- Physics, Chemistry.
- a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom atomic orbital or in a molecule molecular orbital.
- the electron in that state.
orbital
/ ˈɔːɪə /
adjective
- of or denoting an orbit
- (of a motorway or major road circuit) circling a large city
noun
- a region surrounding an atomic nucleus in which the probability distribution of the electrons is given by a wave function
- an orbital road
Derived Forms
- ˈǰٲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- t·ǰb·ٲ adjective
- t·ǰb·ٲ·ly adverb
- ·ǰb· adjective
- p·ǰb· adjective
- ٰԲ·ǰb·ٲ adjective
- ܲ·ǰb·ٲ adjective
- ܲ·ǰb·ٲ·ly adverb
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Example Sentences
If treatment is successful, he will eventually require extremely risky orbital reconstruction surgery.
Observations and data gathered since the initial sighting concluded that, as of Jan. 31, the asteroid is 30 million miles from Earth and moving farther away on its orbital path around the sun.
"Therefore, it is crucial to treat the orbital environment as a finite resource that requires protection and conservation."
It has the shortest orbital period of any known comet within our solar system, taking just 3.3 years to orbit the Sun.
But however Skynet-1A then got shifted to its present position, it was ultimately allowed to die in an awkward place when really it should have been put in an "orbital graveyard".
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